sundries

[rm]

- Patty's in Boston and I found it harder than I expected last night. I mean, certainly, we're used to being separated for chunks of time, but I suppose it's just that in winter it's grimmer and after the burglary, I'm probably still a little weird. So I'm glad she gets back tomorrow, and also that we have this sort of practice for when she goes to Oman -- at least the days will be getting longer then.

- I've decided to go to fencing tomorrow. How can I not?

- Dealing with annoying drama with the NYS tax people, because, as far as I can tell, some crap crossed in the mail or got filed incorrectly on their end and now there's a fucking warrant. This shit happened last year too, and was also resolved with a series of aggravating phone calls. (ETA: This is infinitely more fucked up and frustrating than last year right now, and I loathe that my female wiring is such that this makes me cry. Additionally, because NYS is evil, there is no feedback system -- that's right, if their department of taxation provides you with shoddy service, double bills you, erroneously files legal charge against you, etc -- THERE'S NO ONE YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO) (ETA2: Oh look, a helpful person who says I don't owe them anything! Who wants to bet money I'll get some other idiotic threatening letter from them in about a week?).

Comments

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

Taxation fail. I wish you luck with them.

[melebeth]

This may be a dumb question, but have you tried 311? You're supposed to be able to complain about everyone there I thought.

[rm.livejournal.com]

that's city, not state

[melebeth]

Well then they're just fuckers and BLARGH on your behalf.

[antelope-writes.livejournal.com]

Additionally, because NYS is evil, there is no feedback system -- that's right, if their department of taxation provides you with shoddy service, double bills you, erroneously files legal charge against you, etc -- THERE'S NO ONE YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO

Sure you do--your state rep.

Yeah, it's city, not state, but if you send them a well-documented letter showing just HOW the city screwed up/you over, with a polite request that they look into it, they'll look into it and folks at the city will be scrambling. Gives them a chance to look like the Hero Who Saves The Day, is an authority the city will listen to, and so on.

[antelope-writes.livejournal.com]

Oops, I read that as NYC giving you the issue, not NYS--but since it's NYS, all the more reason to contact your state representative. If you're really wanting an axe to fall on them, send a letter to your state senator, and if you really really want them kicked in the ass, your federal rep.

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

That would make me cry. Maybe not a female thing?